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Jailhouse Rock [D] - Elvis

Intro:
[D-Riff] [D Riff]
 
Verse 1:
[D Riff] The warden threw a party in the county jail,
[D Riff] Prison band was there and they began to wail,
[D Riff] Band was jumpin' and the joint began to swing,
[D Riff] Should've heard thosed knocked out jail birds sing,

|Chorus: 
|Lets [G] rock, everybody, [D] lets rock,
|Every-[A7]body in the whole cell [G7] block,
|[D] Were dancing to the jailhouse rock.
 
Verse 2:
[D Riff] Spider Murphy played the tenor saxophone,
[D Riff] Little Joe was blowin' on the slide trombone,
[D Riff] The drummer boy from Illinois went crash, boom, bang,
[D Riff] The whole rhythm section was the purple gang,
 
|Chorus:
|Lets [G] rock, everybody, [D] lets rock,
|Every-[A7]body in the whole cell [G7] block,
|[D] Were dancing to the jailhouse rock.
 
Verse 3:
[D Riff] Number forty-seven said to number three,
[D Riff] You're the cutest jailbird I ever did see,
[D Riff] I sure would be delighted with your company,
[D Riff] Come on and do the jailhouse rock with me,
 
|Chorus: 
|Lets [G] rock, everybody, [D] lets rock,
|Every-[A7]body in the whole cell [G7] block,
|[D] Were dancing to the jailhouse rock.

Verse 4: 
[D Riff] The sad sack was a sittin on a block of stone,
[D Riff] Way over in the corner weepin all alone,
[D Riff] The warden said, hey, buddy, don't you be no square,
[D Riff] If you can't find a partner use a wooden chair,
 
|Chorus: 
|Lets [G] rock, everybody, [D] lets rock,
|Every-[A7]body in the whole cell [G7] block,
|[D] Were dancing to the jailhouse rock.

Verse 5: 
[D Riff] Shifty Henry said to bugs, for heavens sake,
[D Riff] No ones lookin, now's our chance to make a break,
[D Riff] Bugsy turned to shifty and he said, nix nix,
[D Riff] I wanna stick around a while and get my kicks,

|Chorus: 
|Lets [G] rock, everybody, [D] lets rock,
|Every-[A7]body in the whole cell [G7] block,
|[D] Were dancing to the jailhouse rock.

Outro:
[D] Dancing to the jailhouse rock (x4)
[D - Double Strum]

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